Dear Tracy,
I hope you're ready for a big Carolina smack-down on Sunday. You're gonna get it. And can we all put our heads together and try to remember the last time that a team named after a bird actually won a Superbowl*? That's what I thought.
Love,
Mandy
*Edited: Okay, after doing some reasearch on my own, it appears that Baltimore beat the Giants in '01 in a stinker. Gerald must have blocked it out of his memory. But still, a team named after a bird? Come on.
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I didn't know either of you guys liked football so much. I mean, Mandy, I did gather from your blog that you had an active interest. But Tracy, I had no idea.
I just can't get the hang of downs.
I came from a football town and Gerald is football crazy. And downs, hmmmm. Maybe Jerry could explain it to you. Just kidding.
Downs are like chances. So when a team gets the ball they get 4 downs to try and get 10 yards. 4 chances! So it's always "1st down and 10 yards to go." If they get 10 yards on the first play, then they get another 4 chances, or it's another 1st down. If they don't get it on the first try, then they go to "2nd down and (however many yards they need to make it to that 10 yard mark). So if the running back ran for 8 yards on that first play, then it would be "2nd down and 2."
This may or may not make any sense. And it's always bungled up by penalties and other rules and such. But it's really not that confusing. Actually, besides the fact that Gerald is always watching football, it's very exciting and I would watch it even if he wasn't around.
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